Friday, July 22, 2011

Contemporary Native artist, bold and pop-ish

In college I did a paper on George Longfish. Today I found this image from a relatively recent show of his.

© G. Longfish
Looking for the Supreme Buffalo Burger
His work addresses spirituality of the past and present for the native peoples...
Naturally the collages and pop symbols of generic consumerism invite my interests. I'm always thinking about spirituality in the US and how corporations, economists and politicians make their estimations based on an utterly shallow value system. In this case, a Native can poignantly highlight the movement away from a meaningful way of life into something meaningless.

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